Running To Win
Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer
Running the race of life is hard. But with the Bible front and center and a heart to encourage, Pastor Erwin Lutzer presents clear Bible teaching, helping you make it across the finish line. Since 2011, this 25-minute program has provided a Godward focus and features listeners’ questions.
Most Recent Episodes
Breaking The Chains Of Bondage – Part 1 of 2
Some people feel trapped in their destructive habits like a prison. Even as new creatures in Jesus Christ, we sometimes still develop a sinful habit. In this message, Pastor Lutzer provides three reasons why that is. Those chains as part of a great spiritual war in which all of us are called to do battle.
September 29, 2025 ListenDeveloping Habits Of Righteousness – Part 2 of 2
It’s one thing to resolve to break a bad habit. But what works a lot better is to resolve to develop a good habit. In this message from Matthew 4, Pastor Lutzer gives us five observations from Jesus’ temptation to help us in warfare. Meditating on Scripture is the key to overcoming bad habits.
September 26, 2025 ListenDeveloping Habits Of Righteousness – Part 1 of 2
Breaking stubborn and sinful habits is hard. We may have victory for a few days or weeks, but that’s when Satan will strike. In this message, Pastor Lutzer challenges us to accept the fact we’ll be tempted. In Christ, we have a whole new life with godly habits that can fill the vacuum of our former bondage to bad habits.
September 25, 2025 ListenThree Prerequisites For Change – Part 2 of 2
It takes time to develop bad habits. And it also takes time to get rid of them. In this message from Genesis 3, Pastor Lutzer gives us three beliefs we need to become candidates for deliverance. Because of the victory of the risen Savior, we can break the power of our sinful habits and slavery to the devil.
September 24, 2025 ListenThree Prerequisites For Change – Part 1 of 2
All of us have bad habits we need to lose, whether habitual lying, addictions to substances or sex, or persistent moral failures. But what we lack is the means to break the cycles of bondage that hold us prisoners. In this message, Pastor Lutzer reveals two crucial reasons why God allows temptations in our lives. God is, after all, in the business of deliverance.
September 23, 2025 ListenBreaking Stubborn Habits – Part 2 of 2
Some people try to explain away or excuse their bad habits. But the Apostle Paul calls our bad habits “footholds for the devil.” In this message from James 4, Pastor Lutzer shows five habits of how God changes a person. Let’s resolve to submit to God—and resist the devil as well.
September 22, 2025 ListenBreaking Stubborn Habits – Part 1 of 2
Many of us are stuck in a rut of bad habits and behavior. We want to change—and even promise to—but we can’t. In this message from Ephesians 4, Pastor Lutzer shows how God gives a person a new nature. In Christ, freedom is possible, even for those trapped in deep darkness.
September 19, 2025 ListenThe Sword Of The Spirit – Part 2 of 2
A Scripture verse quoted out of context and wrongly applied is very dangerous. Satan did just that when he tempted Jesus. In this message from Ephesians 6, Pastor Lutzer observes the power of God’s Word as it puts the enemy to flight. Believers are told to counter Satan’s attacks with the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
September 18, 2025 ListenThe Sword Of The Spirit – Part 1 of 2
All who call on the name of Christ are in a lifelong battle. That’s why we have been given the armor of God: five pieces for self-defense, and one weapon for offense. In this message from Matthew 4, Pastor Lutzer exposes three temptations Satan gave to Jesus. Jesus shows us, more than anyone else, how to wield the Word of God against Satan.
September 17, 2025 ListenThe Helmet Of Salvation – Part 2 of 2
Some say salvation can be lost, regained, and then lost again. But we can’t grow in the Christian life without the assurance that we’re a child of God. In this message, Pastor Lutzer explores the basis of our ultimate assurance. The testimony of God is greater than testimony of man.
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